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Phase 3 of #18. Two tables: catalogue (each feed's config::Feed as JSON, so a new feed setting needs no column) and settings (general: the five server settings the admin page edits). config.toml keeps what is needed before the database is reached, or decides who gets in: paths, [torrent], [web]. ipx still runs from one in-memory Config, assembled at start from both (assemble_config). The eight places that saved config.toml and re-read it now call Ctx::store_cfg, which writes the database and swaps the copy in memory; the first-run web token, which is config.toml's, is written there. The first start on a database with no catalogue imports config.toml's feeds and settings in one transaction whose first insert is the settings row, so two ipx starting at once cannot both import; it then trims config.toml, keeping the original as config.toml.pre-database. After that, feeds written into the file are ignored with a warning. copy-db skips it, and copies both tables. Rehearsed on a clone of production's database with production's config: all 130 feeds imported, the file trimmed, and the feed list, settings and directory identical to the live server's. Postgres connections now ask for no notices. Every CREATE ... IF NOT EXISTS on an existing table sends one, eleven per open; sqlx logs them, and tracing-subscriber 0.3.23's per-layer filters then dropped the next line ipx logged -- the import's own message went missing that way. Proved by toggling it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
ipodderx-rs
A self-hosted podcatcher for a household. It checks your feeds, downloads the episodes, and serves
a web UI modelled on the 2004 Mac app iPodderX, for any number of people sharing one copy of
the files. One Rust binary, ipx, is both the daemon and the command line.
It is a rewrite of ipodderx-core, the Python engine behind iPodderX (2004-2008, Ray Slakinski & August Trometer).
What it does
- The web UI. It has a toolbar, and a feed list that opens with Directory, Popular and All Subscriptions. Items sit in a sortable table with a Files pane, and there is a player bar. It comes in Dark, Light and Classic themes, and works on a phone.
- Several people, one copy. Each person has their own subscriptions and their own read, pinned and playback state. There is one file on disk per episode, however many people want it. People sign in with a password or through a proxy (Cloudflare Zero Trust or Authentik), and admins manage accounts and settings.
- Scanning. Feeds are checked on a schedule, globally or per feed, and a feed's own TTL is honoured. Keyword, explicit-content and media-type filters decide what is downloaded, with a cap on new downloads per scan.
- Downloads. Files come over HTTP or BitTorrent and are filed into a folder per feed. Retention deletes the oldest files to stay under a disk quota or an age limit, and never touches an item someone has pinned.
- OPML. You can import and export your own subscriptions. You can also subscribe to an OPML URL, which keeps a whole list in step as a folder.
Run it
With Docker:
docker build -t ipodderx .
docker compose up -d
docker-compose.yml is set up for the author's own server. Point its image and its three volumes
(/config, /data and /downloads) at yours first. The UI is on port 8099. BitTorrent uses 6881
over TCP and UDP. Files are written as PUID/PGID, 99:100 by default.
From source:
cargo build --release
./target/release/ipx daemon
The first start creates admin / ipodderx. Sign in at /login, then change it:
echo -n 'a good password' | ipx user passwd admin
The UI is plain HTTP, so put TLS in front of it if it is reachable from outside your network.
Documentation
| docs/configuration.md | Every config key, path and environment variable |
| docs/cli.md | Every command, including ipx user |
| docs/users.md | Accounts, and what several people share |
| docs/sso.md | Signing in through Cloudflare Zero Trust or Authentik |
| docs/architecture.md | How it works: modules, schema, control socket, HTTP API |
| CHANGELOG.md | What changed, by release |
| CLAUDE.md | Notes for working on the code, including how production is deployed |
Tests
cargo test # the engine: parsing, filters, retention, schedules, SQL, per-user state
node tests/page-smoke.js # the page script loads without throwing
npx playwright test # a real browser against a real daemon on fixture feeds
npm install gets the test runner, and npx playwright install --with-deps chromium gets the
browser.
License
MIT, see LICENSE. The icons are Font Awesome Free 7.3.1 by @fontawesome, under CC BY 4.0, embedded as SVG.